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PACK RAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
Synonyms:
bushytail woodrat; Neotoma cinerea; pack rat; packrat; trade rat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pack rat" is a kind of...):
wood-rat; wood rat (any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pack rat"):
dusky-footed woodrat; Neotoma fuscipes (host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California)
Holonyms ("pack rat" is a member of...):
genus Neotoma; Neotoma (packrats)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pack rat" is a kind of...):
hoarder (a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use)
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